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Current Art Practice requirements for THE MAJOR

Published September 18, 2012

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ART PRACTICE MAJOR ~ 2010

TO Declare the Art major:

--Have overall minimum GPA of 3.3

--COMPLETE: R&C requirements

--COMPLETE: 2 required studio courses: ART 8 and ART 12

-- SUBMIT a portfolio of 12 images (include work from all studio classes)

-- ONE letter of recommendation from an art faculty, lecturer, or GSI.

 

 

OLD on the left NEW on the right:

 

LOWER DIVISION

OLD                                                                     NEW

ART

ART HISTORY

ART

ART HISTORY

1. ART 8(req.)

1. any

1. ART 8(req.)

1. any

2. ART 12 (drawing)

req.

2. ART 12 (drawing

req.

 

3.

3.

 

4.

4.

 

Choose remaining 2 studio classes from:

-ART 13 – the language of Painting

-ART 14 – the language of Sculpture (Ceramic or mixed media)

-ART 16 – the language of Printmaking

-ART 21 – Digital Photography

-ART 23AC – Foundations of American Cyber-Cultures

-ART 26 – The Moving Image

 

UPPER DIVISION

OLD                                                                    NEW

ART

ART HISTORY

ART

ART HISTORY

1. 117 or 118

(Drawing) req.

1. 20th C. Topic

1.ART 119-GPCA

= (20th C. Topic)

2.studio

2. Student choice

2. 117 or 118

(Drawing) req.

1. HISTORY OF ART 100, 186A,B,C

3.studio

 

3.studio

 

4.studio

 

4.studio

 

5.studio

 

5.studio

 

6.studio

 

6..185 –SN project

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A. UPPER DIVISION STUDIO COURSES:

 

COMPLETE THE 2 REQUIRED STUDIOS:

ART 117 – Drawing & Composition Or ART 118 – Figure Drawing

NEW: ART 185 – SENIOR PROJECT-Professional Practices

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

THEN choose 5 studios from:

ART 102 = Adv. Painting

ART 120,122, 123, 124 = Adv. Printmaking (Lithography, Etching, Silkscreen)

ART 132, 137 = Adv. Ceramic Sculpture

ART 138 = Installation

ART 141, 142 = New Genres

ART 160 = Special Topics

ART 162 = Issues in Cultural Display

ART 164 = Art & Meditation

ART 165 = Art, Medicine and Disability

ART 171 = Beg. Digital Video

ART 173 = Sound Art

ART 174 = Adv. Digital Video

ART 175 = Adv. Computer Graphics

ART 178 = Game Design Methods

ART C179, ART 179 = Mobile City Chronicles

OR

2 SUBSTITUTES from studio classes in these departments:

Film-180,181,185, 186

Theater, Dance and Performance studies -173,174,175

Center for New Media-190

Visual Studies (College of Environmental Design)-VS 180A,B, 181, 185, C185A, 187A,X

………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

 

B. COMPLETE 2 ART HISTORY COURSES :

1. TAKE 1 UPPER DIVISION HISTORY OF ART CLASS from–

History of Art 100, 186A, B or C

2. TAKE THE NEW REQUIRED ART 119 (replaces 20th C. Topics)

Global Perspectives in Contemporary Art –

is designed to explore a range of contemporary art movements around the globe, through a closer look at their central ideas, artists and artworks, as well as the preconditions and broader social context in which the work was being produced.

 

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ALL STUDIO CLASSES & ART 119 MUST BE TAKEN FOR A LETTER GRADE


 

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